# Charles Babbage, perfectionist engineer - Host: [recursion.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/recursion.org/) - Saved: November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22T22:11:50Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2760cbe97fda/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2760cbe97fda.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) I recently finished Sydney Padua's entertaining and educational The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. Several of the stories are available online, but the book is well put together (not to mention much easier to read than the web version) and includes a bunch of integrated source materials and illustrated footnotes. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Favorite Books of 2011 – recursion by Luke Francl](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7678c8c6a5fe/) (recursion.org, January 6, 2012) - [The Chairs Are Where the People Go – recursion by Luke Francl](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9250ba0bf8a7/) (recursion.org, January 11, 2012) - [Books read in 2014 – recursion by Luke Francl](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5558416c98ad/) (recursion.org, April 19, 2015) - [My favorite books of 2016](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/352876697824/) (recursion.org, March 9, 2017) - [Minnestar at fifteen – recursion by Luke Francl](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/12f91cf577d5/) (recursion.org, April 30, 2020) ## Saved the same week - [Minnesota sauna enthusiasts stoking revival of steamy tradition - StarTribune.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/da9469b4a72e/) (startribune.com, November 21, 2015) - [How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cfa4a8ff8398/) (fastcodesign.com, November 21, 2015) - [How to Baffle Web Trackers by Obfuscating Your Movements Online | WIRED](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a8a0f3d58173/) (wired.com, November 22, 2015) - [Swinsian — The Advanced Mac Music Player](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3ffc33f6c720/) (swinsian.com, November 22, 2015) - [Iceland's Blue Lagoon with Kids: Good, Bad and Naked](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ed9ea82f36f8/) (theworldisabook.com, November 22, 2015) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.recursion.org/2015/11/22/charles-babbage-perfectionist-engineer